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Home My WebLink AboutZurich Citizens News, 1980-10-16, Page 21dory Tan cakes top trout prize ms, agree 0111. viIIage atm ladies low -Grace Duggan mens high -George Heard mens low -Lloyd Makins, and lone hands -Clare Merner During the meeting, a moment of silent prayer was observed. for the late Fred Telford who had passed away recently. Eyeryoungs entertain The Bayfield Ever Young Club entertained the Golden Raders from Clinton last Thursday evening in the town hall. President of the Bayfield Club, Len Carter, welcomed the audience and expressed that .these type of get togethers are good for everyone. President Rumball, of Clinton, thanked the Bayfield Club for their kind invitation and hoped they would be able to .come back again. Clare l erner took over for the entertainment portion and all began by singing O'Canada and repeating the Lord's Prayer. Nellie McRae presided at the piano for the sing -song that followed. • Steve Argyle provided several violin and guitar numbers, accompanied by Rose Taman on the piano. Grace Dyggan gave two self -composed readings which took the audience back in time to the little old parlor with the rag carpet, the velvet covered settee, the little table with the family Bible, the hanging lamp and the organ where the family gathered every Sunday afternoon to sing hymns and the old songs.The town hall was filled to capacity for the get together, with twenty- one tables of euchre. Euchre winners were as follows; ladies high -Viola Lampman ; ladies low -Jean Sinnamon; mens high -Harold Tyndall ; mens low -Ernest Brown; ladies lone hands -Esther Makins; mens lone hands- Chas. Wallis. Oldest lady present was Ellison Cox, and the lady with the nearest birthday was Jean. Bell. • A delicious lunch was served, and all enjoyed a happy evening together. during the contest. Along with the $400 'in cash, Ron also receives a take home • cup frltit) Molson'S . Breweries, which local • sales representative, Brent Scrimshaw was on hand to present, his name will be engraved on the large Lions Trophy which stays on display in the village, and local taxidermist Bill McNutt of Dashwood, will mount the prize fish for him, courtesy of Ausable Taxidermy. The total prize package"was valued at more than $600. When asked what his winning secret was, Ron, who had landed six rainbows duringthe three days replied, "inflated worms". The second place prize money of $200 in cash, was awarded to Preston Todd of ,Goderich for his catch weighing 5lb. 15% ozs. which was landed on Sunday morning. Early Sunday morning one of the anglers said to me, "You should have seen Milligan landing the fish a little while ago with a tiny reel and five lbs test". When it was all over, it -was none other than Bob Milligan of London, who claimed the $100 in cash for third place. His winner weighed five pounds five ounces. He was accompanied by his two sons, Bob Jr. who "only caught cold", and Jeff, who landed a Coho and Chinook along the way. The junior Milligans claimed to be using the dreaded "377 Spoon" for their catches. For those that don't know, it is a reversed "alligator" type lure. - The bbq-smoker, donated by Brandon's Pro Hardware, for the "heaviest non- rainbow"was won by Gordon Hill of Varna, who did battle with a 19 lb. salmon., Gordon said he, „`used an old Indian secret", to catch his prize winner. Second prize in this category was a filleting knife valued- at $40, donated by -McLeod's Fishery in Bayfield, and went 'to John Garrett of Bayfield, who caught a 15 lb. salmon. Third prize, an "Old Pal" tackle box, donated by the Bayfield Building Centre, was won by Andy "Stick- man" Sturgeon, a pre -season favorite that faded in the early going. His catch tipped the scales at 13 pounds. After catching a 31 pounder a week ago, when asked what happened during the contest he replied, "I lost some big ones...," The" pocket fisherman, donated by the Bayfield Lioness, for the guy or gal under 16 years of age cat- ching the biggest fish (any species), was won by John Garrett of Bayfield. The youngest fisherman to catch a fish, Toby Zolnai of Kitchener; was awarded a ceramic plate for his 1 lb. 6 oz. effort. Various other insundry prizes were also given to anyone that caught a fish and had it weighed -in during the derby. As well, Norm Fields of Wallaceburg won the "from farthest away" prize Top Bayfield trout When all theweigh-inswere lecompleted on Sunday at noon, Ron Rawson on London claimed the top prize in the second annual Bayfield Lions trout derby by catching a rainbow trout that tipped the official scales at eight pounds five and half ounces. The contest which started at noon on Friday and continued throughout the weekend sawan increase of 75 percent in entries, with over 70 participants this year. Last year's contest was plagued by poor weather and not a single rainbow was caught. However, the' latest version was equipped with real- fishermatss' type weather. A little sun, a little cloud, sometimes windy, sometimes not, with a. ripple on the water and the wind in the west. (primarily), it all added up to a good weekend for the sportsmen entered. Eighteen units took ad- vantage of the weekends free camping at Rainbow Valley. Taking first prize in the derby was Ron Rawson, who caught his rainbow on Saturday afternoon. His wife, Colleen, claimed that he spent thirteen hours fishing on Saturday, at any rate, the couple made the drive from`London every day and Ev Earl of Bayfield won the "second oldest fisher- man" prize. (Nobody present would admit to being the eldest) . As the Highly successful event wound to a close . at Randy's Cabin in Rainbow Valley, the crowd gathered around the old wood stove for a taste of Old Joes "hot apple cider plus" and a sample of some A-1 smoked Stugeon and Whitefish courtesy of McLeod's Fishery in Bayfield: When the cider -pot got low and the talk ran high, we heard the real tales of the •.veekend, the "unknown" entrant that caught a huge rainbow, who rather than take it to the weigh-in im- mediately, left it on his ,stringer where it departed from some two or three hours later. Then there was the "Stickman" who when citizens News, October 23, 1980 Page 9 sphere queried about the "frozen fish" he was carting along the river bank exclaimed, "I caught this one up near Varna and it was so cold up there, when .1 put it in the water for a minute it froze. I had to chop it out of the ice!" The fisherman who asked, quickly left heading towards Varna. All in all it was a superb contest and the Lions Club are pleased with the turnout. Nobody was a loser. The draw for the fishing rod and reel was won by Bud Robinson of Bayfield, and the ceramic fisherman was won by Ory Zorin of Maiiette, Michigan. As I walked away from the tiny cabin on the river flats, Eric, Joe, George, Randy and Paul were still bailing cider, and glancing back I thought, "Geez, I shoulda entered this year " your homework befo� you do any work on your home. Before you start on any home repairs or renovations, you should do some careful thinking. Decide exactly what you want done. Draw up an overall plan. And do_a little digging around to find out all you can about potential contractors for your job. 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